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face=Arial>From: Eli Turkel via Avodah <avodah@lists.aishdas.org><BR><BR>I
saw several things over shabbat that seem to go against known
history<BR><BR>1) *Question:* Who was the Kohen Gadol at
the time of<BR>Chanukah--Mattisyahu--or his father Yochanan<BR>*Answer:*
The Sefer *Shalal Rav* (p. 147-148) presents a Machlokes<BR>Rishonim on this
very point.<BR><BR>Obviously neither were kohen gadol at the time of chanukah.
Josephus<BR>describes the various successions of the kohen gadol eg
alcimus etc. In<BR>fact Mattisyahu lived in Modiin and not in Jerusalem.
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<DIV>1. Could it be that Yochanan "kohen gadol" doesn't mean "High Priest"
but rather "a great priest"?</DIV>
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<DIV>2. Could it be that Josephus' list of Kohanim Gedolim is incomplete
and inaccurate? Highly likely, I'd say.</DIV>
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<DIV>3. Could it be that Matisyahu became Kohen Gadol -- or Acting Kohen Gadol
-- only for a short while, just the time it took to purify the BHM'K and maybe
for a short time thereafter? And if so, the fact that he
formerly lived in Modi'in is irrelevant, because when he purified the BHM'K
(and acted as Kohen Gadol) he was necessarily in Jerusalem. </DIV>
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<DIV><B><FONT color=#0000ff>--Toby Katz<BR>t613k@aol.com</FONT><FONT lang=0
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